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yes. >> bill: here is bill clinton. >> there are mayors who are being told you have to move these houses back from the ocean climate change is going to raise the water levels on a permanent basis. >> bill: let's get through the immediate relief efforts, and people are going to say, see climate change, see these water levels, this will be full-time levels, right? >> he managed to work in too that many of them are respects. >> bill: yeah, and bill clinton says i don't know why am i working so hard. >> i have worked very hard in this election, and i'm not running for anything. [ laughter ] >> bill: but some people is saying he has his eye on 2016 not for him, but somebody close to him. [ laughter ] >> bill: kerry is here in the studio with us. fawn johnson will join us to talk about fema later in the hour. but first -- >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> overhead lines making news luke sky walker and mickey mouse will soon be roommates. disney is buying lucas films for $4 billion. george lucas is retiring soon but will still do consulting for disney. they are plans for at least
yes. >> bill: here is bill clinton. >> there are mayors who are being told you have to move these houses back from the ocean climate change is going to raise the water levels on a permanent basis. >> bill: let's get through the immediate relief efforts, and people are going to say, see climate change, see these water levels, this will be full-time levels, right? >> he managed to work in too that many of them are respects. >> bill: yeah, and bill clinton says i...
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so bill clinton adopted the policy. it was pretty clear early on it was not working. and president obama vowed that he was going to end it. it took him three years to end it. but he did. but in that runup to ending it, remember what we heard from everybody was this is horrible. this is going to ruin the military. there was a letter signed by more than 1,000 military officers who said repeal of don't ask don't tell, would undermine recruiting efforts negatively affect troop readiness and eventually break break the all volunteer force. that's what we heard from a thousand military people before. and of course, president obama refused to go along with that. he refused to listen to them. he had the pentagon do its own study which said that they were ready for this. and it would not have an adverse impact on recruiting, et cetera. would not get -- interfere with the ability of the military to do their job or the esprit decore of the military so he signed the repeal last september. even so, right-wingers didn't give up. remember during the primaries this was a big issue. ri
so bill clinton adopted the policy. it was pretty clear early on it was not working. and president obama vowed that he was going to end it. it took him three years to end it. but he did. but in that runup to ending it, remember what we heard from everybody was this is horrible. this is going to ruin the military. there was a letter signed by more than 1,000 military officers who said repeal of don't ask don't tell, would undermine recruiting efforts negatively affect troop readiness and...
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believe me bill clinton can tell ya, these guys can go a lot lower than they have gone. tulla from wisconsin good morning. >> caller: hi, john. i'm 67 years old, and i am a vietnam era veteran -- >> john: thank you for your service. >> caller: -- the biggest lie is that he is not a united states citizen. >> john: uh-huh. >> caller: they have an ad in milwaukee about women's rights and how the president is going to take it away and that's another great lie about what the president is going to do for our daughters and stuff, and if people would have watched the convention and all of the women that spoke and the different things -- >> john: exactly. >> caller: -- they know that this president is very compassionate and he is strictly for women. >> john: right on. thank you so much for your call. we'll be right back on the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. you've heard bill's views, now let's hear yours. politically dir
believe me bill clinton can tell ya, these guys can go a lot lower than they have gone. tulla from wisconsin good morning. >> caller: hi, john. i'm 67 years old, and i am a vietnam era veteran -- >> john: thank you for your service. >> caller: -- the biggest lie is that he is not a united states citizen. >> john: uh-huh. >> caller: they have an ad in milwaukee about women's rights and how the president is going to take it away and that's another great lie about...
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i will just take the 4% that will get them back to what they were playing under bill clinton. laurie in lewisville texas. >> caller: how are you doing? i was thinking the president needs to press hard and really use the mandate that he has. he has a huge mandate. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: i think he has a chance to put forward the progressive agenda now. >> bill: he does, but he's got, you know, the problem is there is only so much he can do by executive order, you know. >> that's the 8 our government works actually. we should be happy about that. but he's got to get this through congress. he has the road blocking of the republican tea partyers who are running the show. it's the tail wagging the dog in the house, laurie >> caller: i understand. not insurance. >> bill: i don't know whether we just -- i tell you what the president ought to do, get on the plane to hawaii today. he deserves it. he hasn't had a vacation didn't take a vacation this summer. what the hell? the senate has already gone. right? as of last night, the house left town, and boehner just said, it's up to you
i will just take the 4% that will get them back to what they were playing under bill clinton. laurie in lewisville texas. >> caller: how are you doing? i was thinking the president needs to press hard and really use the mandate that he has. he has a huge mandate. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: i think he has a chance to put forward the progressive agenda now. >> bill: he does, but he's got, you know, the problem is there is only so much he can do by executive order, you know....
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on bill clinton's remarks the other night gayle says bill clinton is the master at taking complex issues and making them as simple as arithmetic. he made me so excited and determined to make sure president obama gets re-elected! on emmanuel clever, rex block representative clever is indeed a baptist minister. he is a former two-time mayor of kansas city, missouri. didn't know that as well. but william and charles of pennsylvania say to me oh, bill, shut up! shut your fing pie hole and die. if you don't stop, we will permanently take you out. shall i report that to the secret service? i thank -- i think that's a death threat. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good friday morning. it is friday september 7 here. the "full court press" coming to you live from a very empty and being dismantled time-warner cable arena here in charlotte north carolina. site of the democratic national convention which wrapped up last night with a bang. joe biden and president barack obama of course making the case, accepting their party's nomination, making the case for the
on bill clinton's remarks the other night gayle says bill clinton is the master at taking complex issues and making them as simple as arithmetic. he made me so excited and determined to make sure president obama gets re-elected! on emmanuel clever, rex block representative clever is indeed a baptist minister. he is a former two-time mayor of kansas city, missouri. didn't know that as well. but william and charles of pennsylvania say to me oh, bill, shut up! shut your fing pie hole and die. if...
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george bush, bill clinton tao too. george w. bush put it in the bowels of the homeland security. then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's it. all right. >> caller: there are problems, situations that are too vast for the states. one being -- which was one i think one of the first accomplishments of the obama administration was the development and the dissemination of the vaccine for that new virus that popped up, h1n1. it killed the group in between and that was an unbelievable accomplishment and the democrats never brag about it. >> bill: i forgot about that. but there are many, many, many roles where things -- look at our federal interstate highway system, right? look at the air traffic air-traffic controller system. there are some things -- look at the defense of
george bush, bill clinton tao too. george w. bush put it in the bowels of the homeland security. then remember what happened with katrina. >> bill: down in san antonio hello, kathy. >> caller: good morning, bill. thank you for giving us a sane alternative. >> bill: to you know what. yes. >> caller: i wanted to say one of the problems was -- >> bill: hey, turn your radio or tv down in the background. >> caller: sorry. >> bill: little distracting. that's...
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i don't think bill clinton was against gay marriage in 1996. it was an election year. he knew if he vetoed it and said i believe in equality for all citizens, there was a good chance bob dole could have beaten him. sometimes taking the mean route not caring about the little guy serves the greater good. i think we see politicians doing this all the time in the democratic party. while i would have liked to see barack obama show up and fight for the unions, i understand why he didn't. is that a fair defense of the president? >> a fair defense that he is putting politics and his reelection over being a strong leader? i think that that is a defense that continues to be used for a lot of politicians and i think personality that it's bull . >> no worries at all. here's the flip side of that argument. what if barack obama comes to the defense of the unions and the right wing hate machine uses that to smear him. >> what are they going to smear him with that he stood up for teachers? why would that necessarily. >> it didn't help him in wisconsin. bill clinton came to the defense
i don't think bill clinton was against gay marriage in 1996. it was an election year. he knew if he vetoed it and said i believe in equality for all citizens, there was a good chance bob dole could have beaten him. sometimes taking the mean route not caring about the little guy serves the greater good. i think we see politicians doing this all the time in the democratic party. while i would have liked to see barack obama show up and fight for the unions, i understand why he didn't. is that a...
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they all remembered bill clinton's peach. i asked them what moment do you remember most from the republican debate. other than chris christie, they remember clint eastwood talking to the chair. those kids are paying attention. i think the republicans have lost so many opportunities to be able to make their case. i don't know if you're feeling any of that there in new jersey. >> i don't think there's a case to be made. i mean, they can't give any information about their budget. i'm a senior citizen. to be honest with you i'm deathly afraid of them taking over. >> do you trust the paul ryan medicare plan? he said it's only going to affect people who are under the age of 55. >> no, i don't. i don't. besides that, i have a 40-year-old daughter. she's going to be 55 before too long. i don't want to see her suffer. >> here's the question. many people in america are in the fix the pensions are going away they've lost housing values. their 401k's suffered. they want to take away social security and medicare. everything else people ha
they all remembered bill clinton's peach. i asked them what moment do you remember most from the republican debate. other than chris christie, they remember clint eastwood talking to the chair. those kids are paying attention. i think the republicans have lost so many opportunities to be able to make their case. i don't know if you're feeling any of that there in new jersey. >> i don't think there's a case to be made. i mean, they can't give any information about their budget. i'm a...
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he used to play golf with bill clinton. but now he's a whacko. yeah, that the obama campaign could actually doctor these numbers? come on. just accept the fact! it's working. peter is calling from miami. >> caller: hey, bill last week i wanted to talk to you when you were talking about obama and his performance, and one of the things i wanted to say is what would they have been saying if he would have been on the aggressive side, would they be saying there's the angry black guy? >> bill: you know that's what some people would have said for sure. >> caller: absolutely. but i was reading an article about the score for the obama, the deficit going down. >> bill: yeah and they always try to take the good news and turn it into bad news. >> caller: i know it's crazy. but back to the debate peter. it was not the president's best night. and certainly he has bounced back from that. >> caller: he didn't have to do that bad -- not that i thought he did bad at all but it's just that it is a no-win situation. >> bill: yeah hold on just one second -- yeah. i w
he used to play golf with bill clinton. but now he's a whacko. yeah, that the obama campaign could actually doctor these numbers? come on. just accept the fact! it's working. peter is calling from miami. >> caller: hey, bill last week i wanted to talk to you when you were talking about obama and his performance, and one of the things i wanted to say is what would they have been saying if he would have been on the aggressive side, would they be saying there's the angry black guy? >>...
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and i think he has been treated much worse than bill clinton was treated. >> jamal: okay. we'll go next to bill. thanks for calling. >> caller: i might as well just say it, as a man of color, it's a dog whistle. because just understand he didn't add the other part it to lazy and the next thing that will come out with the n bomb because this being him perceived as other, as less as something ill legitimate and this has been the ongoing commentary on the right since he became president and they don't think they need to listen to this man because of his skin color, and they don't think he is legitimate because of that, and only though 53% of the american population voted for him, and thought he was the best pick between himself and john mccain. this is ridiculous. and this is something that earn wants to talk about, post racial politics, and there is no such thing. we're nowhere near it. >> jamal: michael dawson said i don't want you to be post racial just be post racist. don't treat me differently because i'm a black man. people talk about barack obama going into the debate
and i think he has been treated much worse than bill clinton was treated. >> jamal: okay. we'll go next to bill. thanks for calling. >> caller: i might as well just say it, as a man of color, it's a dog whistle. because just understand he didn't add the other part it to lazy and the next thing that will come out with the n bomb because this being him perceived as other, as less as something ill legitimate and this has been the ongoing commentary on the right since he became...
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bill clinton, and julio castro the mayor of san antonio is going to be the keynote speaker. going to be a lot of fun down there. you know a lot of them are going to talk about medicare. medicare. republicans say we have a plan to say that they are lying through their teeth. arnold, a roving ambassador is in florida, surrounded by senior citizenship down there in crestview, florida. arnold, what do you say? >> it's a good thing i didn't hear you say corey booker's name to that. >> he is off of the list here arnold. >> weird. >> hey man. >> he may be speaking in tampa. >> he might be. what you are talking about, they control the debate. as long as they control the commercial ideation of the debate. we always speak in too main technological terms, you know, line ryan, i don't want to sound wonky. we have to do that and sell this thing and keep on top of it. stop the entitlement words sound like you are getting something for nothing. we have been paying into it for years. >> it's not a welfare program. if you stay on message we stayed on message. you could tell. sununu, you know
bill clinton, and julio castro the mayor of san antonio is going to be the keynote speaker. going to be a lot of fun down there. you know a lot of them are going to talk about medicare. medicare. republicans say we have a plan to say that they are lying through their teeth. arnold, a roving ambassador is in florida, surrounded by senior citizenship down there in crestview, florida. arnold, what do you say? >> it's a good thing i didn't hear you say corey booker's name to that. >> he...
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during the day, he went to saint andrews and played golf with bill clinton and terri mccall mccalliffe. peters that was a little bit more of a high-profile sunday than i had. >> bill: al good return. >> ron kirk, the u.s. trade ambassador. >> bill: a frequent golf partner with the president. >> we are learning more about what mitt romney has been up to including having a non-home-cooked thanksgiving dinner. he ordered in from boston market for the family saying there were too many kids running around to be cooking. >> peter: how the mighty have fallen. >> photographed pumping his gas since he has no entourage to the pump it for him. >> a sad story, nothing to do. >> peter: i don't feel that bad about it. hanging out with his car elevator taking rides. spiritists one of his many homes. >> the author of the hunger games trilogy is taking a break by writing a children's picture book an auto guy graphic piece about coping with her father's military service in vietnam as told through pictures. >> bill: all right, dan, thank you. all of the talk on the sunday shows yesterday and talk here in
during the day, he went to saint andrews and played golf with bill clinton and terri mccall mccalliffe. peters that was a little bit more of a high-profile sunday than i had. >> bill: al good return. >> ron kirk, the u.s. trade ambassador. >> bill: a frequent golf partner with the president. >> we are learning more about what mitt romney has been up to including having a non-home-cooked thanksgiving dinner. he ordered in from boston market for the family saying there...
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congress impeached bill clinton over oral sex and now david petraeus is forced to resign over an affair? looks like we americans are still living in the victorian age. get over it. tomorrow, very exciting. we're going to take a look at a very, very important program the white house fellows and you'll get to meet three of this year's white house fellows only right here on the "full court press." have a good day. we'll see you back here again tomorrow.
congress impeached bill clinton over oral sex and now david petraeus is forced to resign over an affair? looks like we americans are still living in the victorian age. get over it. tomorrow, very exciting. we're going to take a look at a very, very important program the white house fellows and you'll get to meet three of this year's white house fellows only right here on the "full court press." have a good day. we'll see you back here again tomorrow.
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just like bill clinton was good for business. but no, they've got it in their head that because they're businessmen, because they're republicans, this very to support the democrats and they're dumb as hell because under a democratic president bill clinton they've never had better than under the democrats. if you look at the empirical evidence the best period of economic growth was under democrat bill clinton and the second best is under democrat barack obama and yet because they're buddies at the country club and the buddies in the chamber of commerce and their fellow ceo is saying well if i'm a businessman i have to be a republican then they vote republican and give money to the republican candidate. i mean they're dumb as hell but you know what else they are? they are heartless ungrateful bastards. they ought to be bay paying barack obama back for all of the good times they've had over the last three years. instead, it just drives me crazy. instead, they're out there supporting mitt romney. i gotta tell you man romney were in o
just like bill clinton was good for business. but no, they've got it in their head that because they're businessmen, because they're republicans, this very to support the democrats and they're dumb as hell because under a democratic president bill clinton they've never had better than under the democrats. if you look at the empirical evidence the best period of economic growth was under democrat bill clinton and the second best is under democrat barack obama and yet because they're buddies at...
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kennedy, under lyndon johnson under jimmy carter, under bill clinton, and under barack obama. but the main thing is on pure, flat numbers don't lie. obama has created more jobs than -- not only more jobs than george w. bush. he's brought back all of the jobs lost under george w. bush. so when mitt romney and paul ryan say obama's done nothing about job creation, they are lyin' through their teeth. it is a great big fat lie! and they know it! >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." the powerful my steal an election but they cannot steal democracy. sir... excuse me, excuse me... can i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. it's go time. it's go time. it's go time. go time. you know what time it is. go time. it's go time. it's go time. what time is it rob? here comes the young turks go time! it's go time. oh is it? then it's go. go. go. go. go. go. go. go time. anybody? anyb
kennedy, under lyndon johnson under jimmy carter, under bill clinton, and under barack obama. but the main thing is on pure, flat numbers don't lie. obama has created more jobs than -- not only more jobs than george w. bush. he's brought back all of the jobs lost under george w. bush. so when mitt romney and paul ryan say obama's done nothing about job creation, they are lyin' through their teeth. it is a great big fat lie! and they know it! >> announcer: this is the "bill press...
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i'm a fan of bill clinton thinking it should be safe legal and rare. taking your calls when we come back on the "bill press show." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ (vo) every news network will cover the convention. but only current coverage will put you at the collision of tv and social media. we'll provide unsurpassed insight into the most buzz worthy tweets, posts and pontifications, from the entire social stratosphere including you. join in, tweet us, and you could be a part of our on-air and online coverage. >>now that is politically direct. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> john: this is the "bill press show," i'm john fugelsang filling in for bill here in the waning minutes of the show. we have about a half hour left. i have had a real pleasure filling in. as a real fan of bill it is a real thrill to be here and suck up to his excellent staff. kate of "politico" is with us. are you there? >> i'm right here. how are you? >> john: not too shabby how are you? >> i'm good. >> john: i can only imagine how excited you
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. >> john: like bill clinton's second term. >> the opportunity for some compromise. the president, governor romney struck a tone of bipartisanship. but there wasn't a -- really within a week, that's gone. you had senator john mccain yesterday basically saying he has no trust in the president. no credibility of the administration's investigation. that really is a -- you know, a sign that we're back to the politics as usual of -- where politics is in washington now. every issue becomes politicized hyperpartisan. >> john: you know, zeke, i'm not a democrat. and i'm pulling my hair out over the fact that these democrats are not pushing back on the benghazi issue at all. i've never seen a terrorist attack exploited for political gain -- well, since they used 9-11 to go into iraq -- seeing how this attack that killed four americans has been exploited to try to tear down a president. to smear this president. after in 2001, we were told united we stand. get behind the commander in chief. now this tragic attack that left four americans dead is being used to smear pretty much
. >> john: like bill clinton's second term. >> the opportunity for some compromise. the president, governor romney struck a tone of bipartisanship. but there wasn't a -- really within a week, that's gone. you had senator john mccain yesterday basically saying he has no trust in the president. no credibility of the administration's investigation. that really is a -- you know, a sign that we're back to the politics as usual of -- where politics is in washington now. every issue...
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bill clinton said when you are in a hole stop digging. he dug deeper by trying to explain what he meant when he said if it's legitimate rape the woman is not going to get pregnant. he said he put the word in the wrong place and what he meant by legit legitimate rape is there are a lot of women who lie about rape just as an excuse to get an abortion. here he is. >> and i have no tolerance for them whatsoever. i have a wife and daughters. i have nothing -- no respect, nothing. there is nothing legitimate about the a rapist but to rather, i was putting that in, in the wrong place, making the point, that there were people who use false claims like those that basically created roe versus wade. what an idiot. the two are not connected. right? the first thing he said was, quoting this doctor john wilke who is a nutball doctor. by the way, that mitt romney has as a supporter and endorser and mitt romney says he is his go-to person on issues of abortion. the same nutball that todd akin follows, and todd akin says a woman who is raped is not going
bill clinton said when you are in a hole stop digging. he dug deeper by trying to explain what he meant when he said if it's legitimate rape the woman is not going to get pregnant. he said he put the word in the wrong place and what he meant by legit legitimate rape is there are a lot of women who lie about rape just as an excuse to get an abortion. here he is. >> and i have no tolerance for them whatsoever. i have a wife and daughters. i have nothing -- no respect, nothing. there is...
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clinton as president. stan green berg, clinton polster and ed randel former governor of pennsylvania saying, you know what? the obama campaign strategy of attacking bain capital is unwise. democrats and obama ought to focus more on hezina chiefments and accomplishments and lay off. what was the reaction for the obama campaign? >> then they were a little bit -- they were pushing back on that a little bit but you are not seeing that right now. i mean they are using this for everything it's worth and they are going to continue to do it. and so i just don't see. i think theat was in the past where they focused grouped this. they see it's making the rounds doing well. people like it. you saw the president saying we are not going to apologize for any of this. you know, he has the right to know who mitt romney is and so, he's going to keep saying that. i think they are pretty strong in that message. >> very similar. i understand that, you know, for awhile, the obama campaign studied what happened to john kerry in
clinton as president. stan green berg, clinton polster and ed randel former governor of pennsylvania saying, you know what? the obama campaign strategy of attacking bain capital is unwise. democrats and obama ought to focus more on hezina chiefments and accomplishments and lay off. what was the reaction for the obama campaign? >> then they were a little bit -- they were pushing back on that a little bit but you are not seeing that right now. i mean they are using this for everything it's...
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. >> bill: and that was secretary of state hillary clinton again yesterday 26 minutes after the hour. she's absolutely right. the great religions of the world are and should be stronger than any insults. but the fact is if we've seen insults against the prophet mohammed create an -- we end up in protests that often lead to violence and often lead to the loss of innocent lives and led in libya to the killing of four of our diplomats and security guards and the american ambassador on the scene. but what about these people who created this video in the first place? put it up there online? dan calling from cleveland ohio. dan, should we just leave them off the hook? what do you think? >> i think that you're kind of missing the boat here a little bit. these attacks in libya's embassy, from what i understand, reports are out this was staged and planned well ahead of these protests to coincide with the 9-11 anniversary. >> bill: no, that's true. but they were taking advantage of the protests that had been triggered by the video. that's why the secretary of state was talking about both in egy
. >> bill: and that was secretary of state hillary clinton again yesterday 26 minutes after the hour. she's absolutely right. the great religions of the world are and should be stronger than any insults. but the fact is if we've seen insults against the prophet mohammed create an -- we end up in protests that often lead to violence and often lead to the loss of innocent lives and led in libya to the killing of four of our diplomats and security guards and the american ambassador on the...
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clinton was, you just like the guy. >> i only met romney once and i have to tell you i found him stiff as a board. really, it was like talking to -- >> did he know who you were? >> i don't know if he did or not. it was like talking to cardboard. it was at the white house correspondent's dinner. it was awkward. he's awkward. >> to get to your question, the euro is the biggest trading zone to the united states. they buy more of our stuff than anybody else does. that's a real problem. if they're not doing well, it hurts the american economy pretty substantially, more than the chinese or typical ones you tend to think of. in addition, while a lot of the moan owed by the government is owed to european banks european banks in turn owe a lot of money to american banks. given the interdependence of those kind of things it would be hard for anybody to make the case that's what happening in europe doesn't have a financial impact. one of the basic inputs, g.d.p. is trade. if our biggest trading partner has got a cold, in this case the flu or maybe pneumonia we've got a problem. in some respects,
clinton was, you just like the guy. >> i only met romney once and i have to tell you i found him stiff as a board. really, it was like talking to -- >> did he know who you were? >> i don't know if he did or not. it was like talking to cardboard. it was at the white house correspondent's dinner. it was awkward. he's awkward. >> to get to your question, the euro is the biggest trading zone to the united states. they buy more of our stuff than anybody else does. that's a...
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perhaps most notably bill clinton. the romney camp is featuring clinton's welfare reform in a series of new ads against the president. but today team obama is taking clinton back for themselves. here he is in a new ad called fair choice. >> the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground, up. investing in innovation, education and job training. >> that ad starts running today in eight key states including florida, ohio and virginia. this week marks the anniversary of president clinton's welfare reform. even though major fact checking groups say romney's welfare ads are totally false, he is still sticking by those claims. romney's surrogate john sununu is weighing in as well saying obama is weakening work requirements. of course, we know that isn't true. the president's plan actually aims to add 20% more people to the work force. and going back to what john has been
perhaps most notably bill clinton. the romney camp is featuring clinton's welfare reform in a series of new ads against the president. but today team obama is taking clinton back for themselves. here he is in a new ad called fair choice. >> the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper income people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from the ground, up. investing in innovation, education and job...
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and expanded by reagan and expanded again by bill clinton. well this is mitt romney trying to reach out to the far right. even though we're more than a month away from the election. it is just astounding to me. it doesn't sound sincere. it sounds to me like this is back in may. it sounds like romney was testing out lines with the right-wingers he wanted to reach in the wake of being pummeled by newt gingrich and other republican candidates. >> bill: clarence page with us. you can follow his work at chicagotribune.com or follow him at twitter at ct time. clarence, here is my question. is mitt romney one of the 47%? [ laughter ] >> he's part of the 47% that isn't likely to vote for barack obama. >> bill: but if you define it -- as people who don't pay federal income tax. we know he paid 13% in one year. that's all we know. >> he's talking about people getting government benefits and feeling entitled. he feels entitled to it. but call up the right wing rhetoric i wish the old mitt romney would shake sense into the new mitt romney. what's the mat
and expanded by reagan and expanded again by bill clinton. well this is mitt romney trying to reach out to the far right. even though we're more than a month away from the election. it is just astounding to me. it doesn't sound sincere. it sounds to me like this is back in may. it sounds like romney was testing out lines with the right-wingers he wanted to reach in the wake of being pummeled by newt gingrich and other republican candidates. >> bill: clarence page with us. you can follow...
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we had eight years under bill clinton. tax rates were high and we had 22 million new jobs. eight years under george bush and disaster. igor volsky, great to see you again, my friend. thanks for coming in. thinkprogress.org. and we'll be right back. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of tell them it's like being nestled in an eight-way, adjustable, heated and ventilated seat surrounded by a 500-watt sound system while floating on a suspension made of billowy clouds. or you could just hand them your keys. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> announcer: taking your e-mails on any topic at any show." live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: hey, lots of comments and responses to our question, we asked at the very top of the hour. should the kkk be allowed to adopt a highway in georgia. >> announcer: taking your e-mails on any topic at any time, this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: all
we had eight years under bill clinton. tax rates were high and we had 22 million new jobs. eight years under george bush and disaster. igor volsky, great to see you again, my friend. thanks for coming in. thinkprogress.org. and we'll be right back. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show." now on current tv. that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of tell them it's like...
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. >> bill: i will take colin powell and bill clinton. >> damn right! damn right. roberto tweeting at bp show at bp show, roberto says hillary clinton has already announced she's retiring as secretary of state. obama should offer the job to colin powell. in his second term. >> bill: well, he was already secretary of state. bring him back? >> under a democrat, he already served as a republican. shake things up. >> bill: that would be great. i would go for that. >> also an interesting comment from the cray hilliard, he says obama went to krispy kreme to buy doughnuts in florida. krispy kreme is a north carolina company. coincidence? i think not. >> bill: i didn't realize that. >> krispy kreme. >> bill: president obama took time out in los angeles to go to -- to tape the jay leno show. he was asked about the comments by republican senate candidate in indiana richard mourdock that there should be no exception when it comes to a ban on abortion, no exception for rape because that's all part of god's plan. president obama -- he didn't hesitate to take that on. >> obama:
. >> bill: i will take colin powell and bill clinton. >> damn right! damn right. roberto tweeting at bp show at bp show, roberto says hillary clinton has already announced she's retiring as secretary of state. obama should offer the job to colin powell. in his second term. >> bill: well, he was already secretary of state. bring him back? >> under a democrat, he already served as a republican. shake things up. >> bill: that would be great. i would go for that....
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kidding. >> bill: a young voter asked president clinton that question. >> that's funny. >> bill: i forget his answer. at any rate -- >> he said none of the above. [ laughter ] >> bill: no, that's what michelle obama said this year. and heather during the break i saw on another channel here, they had the little tease will young people turn out the vote this year? so that is a big question about this campaign. what's the answer? >> it is a question we hear every time. of course, we know young people care. this generation, they're not like their older brothers and sisters of gen-x. they actually really care. they're not the slackers. i'll take the blame. the question is will they vote this time around. we've been out on the ground. we've registered over a million voters. >> bill: whoa! >> state by state. they're really engaged when you talk to them. i think the question is how many people were we able to reach. how many people were at the campaign table able to reach. was enough invested in turning out the young people. >> bill: where did you register the one million voters? >> college campu
kidding. >> bill: a young voter asked president clinton that question. >> that's funny. >> bill: i forget his answer. at any rate -- >> he said none of the above. [ laughter ] >> bill: no, that's what michelle obama said this year. and heather during the break i saw on another channel here, they had the little tease will young people turn out the vote this year? so that is a big question about this campaign. what's the answer? >> it is a question we hear...
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clinton said in charlotte, it's aarithmetic and it doesn't ad up. he had $5 trillion in cuts, plus $2 trillion in defense and wants to continue the bush tax cuts. now we're up to 8 trillion and romney says but trust me, that's not going to add to the deficit because i'm going to have all kind of offsets against deductions which he will not name. president obama said hey you wouldn't take that deal. >> if somebody came to you governor with a plan that said here i want to spend seven or $8 trillion and we're going to pay for it, but we can't tell you until maybe after the election how we're going to do it you wouldn't have taken such a sketchy deal, and neither should you, the american people, because the math doesn't add up. >> bill: i love that. >> sketchy deal! fuzzy math! >> that is a phrase that's going to hang in there sketchy deal. i love that. then the very last question was sort of a lame question, i thought, so what is the worst thing that the other side has said about you in this campaign. i'm paraphrasing. mitt romney said the worst thing
clinton said in charlotte, it's aarithmetic and it doesn't ad up. he had $5 trillion in cuts, plus $2 trillion in defense and wants to continue the bush tax cuts. now we're up to 8 trillion and romney says but trust me, that's not going to add to the deficit because i'm going to have all kind of offsets against deductions which he will not name. president obama said hey you wouldn't take that deal. >> if somebody came to you governor with a plan that said here i want to spend seven or $8...
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romney go back to the rates that we paid under bill clinton. >> peter: how is that message playing in places like ohio? >> i think it is playing pretty well. i was surprised by the ohio numbers. i'm not so surprised by the pennsylvania numbers. he's got pennsylvania and wisconsin is a little bit more of a buffer. you start to see those numbers go down, he has a problem. in ohio, you know, he's got a nice-size margin with female voters. that's -- his weakness is with white male voters. that's where that message isn't trafficking quite as well. small business not doing quite as well there but in pockets across ohio, places like northern ohio doing very well. >> peter: who would you sort of attribute some of the success to the bain attacks? because it really has been a focus of the obama campaign. it has been a lot of bain talk. how does that play out? >> because it complicates romney's story. that's what it -- romney has what could be sort of a tailor-made story given the problems in the country. look, this is my background. i'm the guy to fix it. however, so what you see the obama camp
romney go back to the rates that we paid under bill clinton. >> peter: how is that message playing in places like ohio? >> i think it is playing pretty well. i was surprised by the ohio numbers. i'm not so surprised by the pennsylvania numbers. he's got pennsylvania and wisconsin is a little bit more of a buffer. you start to see those numbers go down, he has a problem. in ohio, you know, he's got a nice-size margin with female voters. that's -- his weakness is with white male...
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everybody has been really impressed with hillary clinton, both -- >> >> bill: phenomenal career. >> the job she has done and just hanging in there, day-in and day-out getting the work done. she is a remarkable person just her durability. her steadfastness. >> i think she would make a great president. it's a long time between now and then. >> so much can happen. >> between now and then. you know, let's focus on the issues of the day here right? and and it may be we will talk about the mid-term. then we can get into 2016. >> showing great restraint, bill. >> fiscal cliff and guns. i want to get your take on both of those, congressman, but first, dan's got some of the other big stories of the day. >> the full court press >> dan: i do. well, we've got actor been after flection aflec and now how about senator ben aflec. cps saying his name is floated around for the massachusetts senate seat that may open up. the actor is in d.c. today speaking to the house armed services committee on security issues in the congo. he did campaign for elizabeth warren in her senate campaign. no word if he is i
everybody has been really impressed with hillary clinton, both -- >> >> bill: phenomenal career. >> the job she has done and just hanging in there, day-in and day-out getting the work done. she is a remarkable person just her durability. her steadfastness. >> i think she would make a great president. it's a long time between now and then. >> so much can happen. >> between now and then. you know, let's focus on the issues of the day here right? and and it may...
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she won't take make too much noise >> bill: al franken? >> the proverbial workhorse not a show horse. this idea she is going to immediately bring the banks and corporations to their knees upon ascending capitol hill i think is a little unrealistic >> bill: you mentioned entitlement reform. to be honest, that's one i am afraid of? >> yeah. >> bill: because i am afraid that may be the price to pay for having taxes go up on the wealthiest americans. it should not be but it may be. >> two surprised, tax rates for the top two % and the other is protecting medicare and social security. you have had a lot of very strong, tough talks from the president on those tax rates. >> that's very gratifying to the people on the left. you don't overhear that same kind of tough talk when it comes to medicare and social security because those things are on the table. >> bill: you hear more about social security being off of the table. >> i think it's medicare that's really in danger there. >> bill: filibuster reform you are telling me we are not going to get i
she won't take make too much noise >> bill: al franken? >> the proverbial workhorse not a show horse. this idea she is going to immediately bring the banks and corporations to their knees upon ascending capitol hill i think is a little unrealistic >> bill: you mentioned entitlement reform. to be honest, that's one i am afraid of? >> yeah. >> bill: because i am afraid that may be the price to pay for having taxes go up on the wealthiest americans. it should not be...
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what is not true about what bill clinton says? bill clinton says it was president obama who gave the direction, gave the orders approved the next and end result? mission successful. thank the navy seals. thank the men and women of the cia, but you have got to include thank the men and women and president where george bush just talked and did not deliver. more calls coming up. >> this is the bill press show. >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. while you're out catching a movie. [ growls ] lucky for me your friends showed up with this awesome bone. hey! you guys are great. and if you got your home insurance where you got your cut rate car insurance, it might not replace all this.
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. >> bill: viagra is a wonderful drug. >> another documentary about former president bill clinton is set to be produced to air on hbo. it has a major hollywood name behind it. deadline reporting martin scorsese will produce the project that will explore clinton's perspectives on history, politics, culture and the world. it is reportedly being made with the former president's full cooperation. look for it next year. >> bill: i don't know if he's putting any money into it. >> quite possible. and the world's oldest person, dina of iowa, sadly only held that title for two weeks. abc reports she passed away at the age of 115 yesterday. born april of april 1897. had four kids. guinness book of world records says it is a man from japan said to be the oldest person in the world. 15 days younger than dina was. >> bill: there you go, ellen ratner. you got a long way to go. >> oh, please. you know something senator inouye died yesterday. and his last words were reportedly aloha. >> bill: what a great guy. a real american patriot. >> amazing. >> bill: medal of honor winner too. tell us about goa
. >> bill: viagra is a wonderful drug. >> another documentary about former president bill clinton is set to be produced to air on hbo. it has a major hollywood name behind it. deadline reporting martin scorsese will produce the project that will explore clinton's perspectives on history, politics, culture and the world. it is reportedly being made with the former president's full cooperation. look for it next year. >> bill: i don't know if he's putting any money into it....
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i think he is willing to accept something. >> bill: it seems to me, as a liberal, progressive that if he gets 37% 37.5% or whatever, he will have won. tax rates will have gone up on the wealthiest. the bush era tax cuts would not have been extended which he's vowed not to. >> i think that's a big win for him. >> bill: so why do -- and why do entitlements -- so-called entitlement reforms, i hate that fraidz actually because i concern them earned benefits but why do entitlement reforms have to be part of the package at all and why should obama cave in on those? >> i think they have to be part of the package simply to get republicans on board to agree to a rate increase. that's a huge psychic and political leap for them. particularly the house republicans who believe their majority is based on a commitment to oppose tax increases under any circumstances so they're willing to make this big leap and i think they believe ideologically and politically to have some changes to entitlement programs long-term. they can say we've cut spending, both discretionary spending and it is a question of w
i think he is willing to accept something. >> bill: it seems to me, as a liberal, progressive that if he gets 37% 37.5% or whatever, he will have won. tax rates will have gone up on the wealthiest. the bush era tax cuts would not have been extended which he's vowed not to. >> i think that's a big win for him. >> bill: so why do -- and why do entitlements -- so-called entitlement reforms, i hate that fraidz actually because i concern them earned benefits but why do entitlement...
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remember we played you the sound of it yesterday with former president bill clinton talking about the fact that this was a real show of leadership. the president -- it was a tough decision for him to make but he made the right decision. we got the right results. republicans are saying it is terrible, they're exploiting this for political reporters. one of the reporters yesterday christie parsons from "the chicago tribune" asked whether there might have been too much ex-elsive celebration over this. the president said no, he you -- you haven't seen excessive celebration around here. take a look at what happened and what some of the people who are criticizing the obama administration today, what they said at the time. the president really, really tough. i loved it. here he is. >> i just recommend that everybody take a look at people's previous statements in terms of whether they thought it was appropriate to go in pakistan and take out bin laden. i assume that people be meant what they said when they said it. that's been at least my practice. i said that i would go after bin laden if we
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-- thanks to bill clinton. we remember the patriot act, dick cheney. we remember september 11th happened on your watch, dick cheney and we remember the economic crash of 2008, the biggest, the worst economic drafter for this country since the great depression which came about because of your policies your policies and george w. bush's policies, dick cheney, and then he has the gall to say that barak obama's presidency has been an unmitigated disaster for this country. you know what? i don't know about you. if there is anything, if there is anything that inspires us to get off of our butt and go out there and work as hard as we can to get barack obama re-elected, it's dick cheney. first of all, it's one of the -- sort after tradition, you look at george h.w. bush bill clinton, george w. bush, dan quayle, they basically they realized their time was up. they got moved to the sidelines and they just shut the hell up for the next four years. uh-uh. not dick cheney. not dick cheney. first of all, he ought to shut up
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bill clinton with nelson mandela's birthday. >> an eye tinkerary. >> it's like there is a new post he has created, which is the post -- i am the post-president. >> right. i think in a way a model was jimmy carter who travels the world, not clearly at the profile that bill clinton has but has had a big agenda a big agenda. i think he uses his presidential library as a launching pad more than having bill clinton has the library in arkansas, but his business base is in new york and his office there. so if you look at what former president w. is up to just his library, well all of this only lets me think, you know, what would the obama post presidency be like? else be so young when he is out of. i don't think so he will slip into anon i am itty. huffington post and keith ellison from min associated a who, despite what michelle bachmann says is not a member of the muslim brotherhood but first. >> but first. >> other headlines making news, lynsanity is done in new york city. can it survive in houston, texas as? nba star reported signing a $23.1 million deal with the rockets after the knicks
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i would like to think that bill clinton could get on a plane and make it all better. i'm not sure he could. good morning kathleen. >> caller: these four people got killed before they said that some words was taken out of a report. they talking about -- al-qaeda was taken out and should have been put in. but what about the words that bush and cheney spoke before thousands of people lost their lives? where was john mccain and lindsay graham and that stupid joe scarborough -- >> john: who? who? you mean shut up micah. >> caller: well, micah will sit there and act like she is scared. >> john: poo-poo, micah. thank god she was never married to ike turner because she never would have left. >> caller: we were still suffering from that lie that they told. >> john: yes! >> caller: where don't they get on that boo jazz! >> john: yes testify! jon mccain and lindsay graham love war. as long as it's someone else's kids going off to do it, they love war. and it makes them look tough when their own party has no use for them. they are use any arrow or their quiver to build this up. >
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director and bill clinton would be named secretary of state. >> bill clinton. >> caller: yes. and if he's not interested, i nominate al gore. >> john: wow. >> caller: i feel like we need our a-team out there. and i think bill and al together could have a great adventure and -- >> bill and al's great adventure. >> caller: i feel susan rice's talents and background would so -- is desperately needed in the c.i.a. which has only been run by old white men. i think of course she would be well qualified as secretary of state. but i feel bill clinton and al gore are such tremendous assets that -- >> john: this is my favorite call of the day so far. i have to break it up. i'm not sure i'm with you as susan rice for c.i.a. i don't know what her law enforcement or espionage or counter terrorism credentials are. >> caller: well, being with the nsa, her background there. i mean how qualified was petraeus for c.i.a. head? i'm thinking she is -- an international expert but also it would diffuse the whole issue of the nomination for secretary of state, you know, all of this flak that has been
director and bill clinton would be named secretary of state. >> bill clinton. >> caller: yes. and if he's not interested, i nominate al gore. >> john: wow. >> caller: i feel like we need our a-team out there. and i think bill and al together could have a great adventure and -- >> bill and al's great adventure. >> caller: i feel susan rice's talents and background would so -- is desperately needed in the c.i.a. which has only been run by old white men. i think...
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. ♪ >> bill clinton says he wouldn't mind if hillary runs in 2016. don't you think, can we just agree -- let's get over 2012 before we start talking about 2016? my god. enough already. what do you say? hello, everybody. have a great big good morning to you from our nation's capitol, washington, d.c. it is the full court press, the bill press show coming to you live, all the way across this great land of ours on radio, on television. current tv and on satellite radio this morning as well here for the first hour at any rate. and it's great to see you today. always lots to talk about, particularly daytoday here at the north american summit at the whitehouse yesterday and i was there for the tres amigos they are called president obama and president calderone and vice president chance /* prime minister harper in the rose garden. we will tell but that, the latest on the trayvon martin case, bring you up to date on the big basketball game last night and whatever is happening here in the nation's capitol around the country, around the glow. we hewe will take
. ♪ >> bill clinton says he wouldn't mind if hillary runs in 2016. don't you think, can we just agree -- let's get over 2012 before we start talking about 2016? my god. enough already. what do you say? hello, everybody. have a great big good morning to you from our nation's capitol, washington, d.c. it is the full court press, the bill press show coming to you live, all the way across this great land of ours on radio, on television. current tv and on satellite radio this morning as well...
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the economy did pretty damn well under bill clinton. haven't we already seen evidence of the fact that what john boehner -- evidence, actual real, world evidence that what john john boehner is saying is not true. >> it is a point that democrats are talking about. >> bill: i'm asking you in your research. >> well, you know, it is not mine to say. you could also argue that spending cuts that were put in place during the -- when republicans held the house during the '90s, republicans argue that helped the economy. it wasn't all just bill clinton and his tax rates. there are multiple sides to that coin. i think that you could kind of argue both sides there. >> bill: all right. well thank you steven for joining us. we don't argue both sides on this show. uh-huh. i think that eight years of bill clinton and 22 million new jobs and eight years of sustained economic growth speaks loudly and is all of the proof that we need. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." right have, about the "heavy hand of government" ... i w
the economy did pretty damn well under bill clinton. haven't we already seen evidence of the fact that what john boehner -- evidence, actual real, world evidence that what john john boehner is saying is not true. >> it is a point that democrats are talking about. >> bill: i'm asking you in your research. >> well, you know, it is not mine to say. you could also argue that spending cuts that were put in place during the -- when republicans held the house during the '90s,...
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i also think that bill clinton did it down in charlotte. if you remember when bill clinton said it's math. >> there was a point in the debate -- it is arithmetic. there was a point where schieffer asked him about his plan and romney's answer was you'll have to go to our web site to get the details on it, in the middle of a debate where he's supposed to be explaining things to people. you'll have to go to the web site. >> bill: the problem is you can o the not do the math and come up with anything that makes sense because romney has $5 trillion -- $5 billion in tax cuts on top of which he's got another billion dollars in -- i'm sorry trillion. $5 trillion in tax cuts. another trillion getting rid of the bush tax cuts and $2 trl in more spending for the pentagon. the president said that's $8 trillion and there's no way he's going to come up with enough getting rid of enough loopholes or deductions to make up for that. so it doesn't add up. nobody can make it add up. and greg from denver, colorado. hello, greg, good morning. >> caller: how you
i also think that bill clinton did it down in charlotte. if you remember when bill clinton said it's math. >> there was a point in the debate -- it is arithmetic. there was a point where schieffer asked him about his plan and romney's answer was you'll have to go to our web site to get the details on it, in the middle of a debate where he's supposed to be explaining things to people. you'll have to go to the web site. >> bill: the problem is you can o the not do the math and come up...
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and bill clinton himself said that mitt romney is lying, the "new york times" says mitt romney is lying, and the republican governors say mitt romney is lying. and now on top of that -- so that's big fat lie number 1, if you will. on top of that the romney campaign is out yesterday with a new ad accusing president obama no less -- and this is again another hhs or health and human services regulation -- remember when the president said we want do -- to make sure that obamacare covers all contraceptive services for women without a copay for all women across the board and then the president modified it to say if you are a catholic institution and you have a problem with women getting access to contraception because of the vatican's narrow interpretation today of catholic faith prohibited any means of contraception, but if you are in that narrow-minded camp you don't have to pay for it the insurance company will pay for it, but women will still be covered. here is mitt romney's ad about that yesterday. >> president obama used his healthcare plan to declare war on religion. mitt romney belie
and bill clinton himself said that mitt romney is lying, the "new york times" says mitt romney is lying, and the republican governors say mitt romney is lying. and now on top of that -- so that's big fat lie number 1, if you will. on top of that the romney campaign is out yesterday with a new ad accusing president obama no less -- and this is again another hhs or health and human services regulation -- remember when the president said we want do -- to make sure that obamacare covers...
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bill clinton, joe biden tomorrow night. and then all leading up to -- that would be here in the arena. if you can see -- i'm not sure exactly what the shot looks like. but risking turning my back to you. right over my shoulder where you see that time-warner arena that is the hall. and it is fantastic. just looks spectacular. been in there already this morning. that's where all of the ceremonies and the balloting and everything will take place here. that's where the first lady will speak tonight. this is the time-warner cable arena. joe biden, john kerry will speak and many others. then thursday night the whole show moves to the 74,000 seat bank of america arena. there are two challenges there. one is to fill it up. 74,000 people. and the other of course, is to hope that it doesn't rain. we were told yesterday that they're preparing for all -- they're preparing to hold the event there rain or shine. but they're also making contingency plans. we're never sure quite what that means. some 5500 delegates. the oldest delegate to
bill clinton, joe biden tomorrow night. and then all leading up to -- that would be here in the arena. if you can see -- i'm not sure exactly what the shot looks like. but risking turning my back to you. right over my shoulder where you see that time-warner arena that is the hall. and it is fantastic. just looks spectacular. been in there already this morning. that's where all of the ceremonies and the balloting and everything will take place here. that's where the first lady will speak...
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judiciary committee. >> we worked to keep bill clinton from being impeached. we were able to expose that. i'll tell you kenneth starr there, he was investigating the whitewater the fbi files, the travel office, the murder of vince foster and the lewinsky affair. before the election in 1998, he sent congress a recommendation to impeach bill clinton and convict him under the lewinsky affair. he was also -- excuse me -- investigating whitewater travel office. already concluded foster had not been murdered obviously. he didn't say anything about that. after the election when we had the hearing he then came out with a report that said by the way, on whitewater and the travel office and the fbi files the clintons did nothing wrong. he was investigating five things. three of them, he exonerated the president totally. there were four pending. three of them -- one was critical. he sent us only the critical ones. they were saying at the time -- i said to him why didn't you -- tell us that? it was basically i'm only here to tell you bad news. but anyway, i felt good abou
judiciary committee. >> we worked to keep bill clinton from being impeached. we were able to expose that. i'll tell you kenneth starr there, he was investigating the whitewater the fbi files, the travel office, the murder of vince foster and the lewinsky affair. before the election in 1998, he sent congress a recommendation to impeach bill clinton and convict him under the lewinsky affair. he was also -- excuse me -- investigating whitewater travel office. already concluded foster had not...
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: this reminds me so much of the impeachment of bill clinton, right? >> and it backfired and this is going to backfire, too because the american people realize that you know, we have important work ahead of us and that's about creating jobs and getting this economy going the way it needs to and not the silliness that's going on there. >> bill: congresswoman done into edwards. we'll continue here on the "full court press" with donna edwards. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to current tv for one week only until the fall. what happens if you ask her to tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to admitted that that look, we were able to keep a lot of the folks because of the stimulus. >> bill: absolutely. again, do you great work, judd. thank you. all of your colleagues at think progress. we'll see you again next innovation matters now more than ever. it doesn't matter who you are. she was trying to be cool. she walks in, bonus, bonus bonus, bonus. [ screaming ] by the way in heels, the same height. [ applause ] >> wow.
: this reminds me so much of the impeachment of bill clinton, right? >> and it backfired and this is going to backfire, too because the american people realize that you know, we have important work ahead of us and that's about creating jobs and getting this economy going the way it needs to and not the silliness that's going on there. >> bill: congresswoman done into edwards. we'll continue here on the "full court press" with donna edwards. [[vo]]joy behar is coming to...
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i mean bill clinton was white but he was the first african-american president. >> absolutely. >> bill: mitt romney is white white, white white white. okay. no way relates. yet he says look me over! >> romney: if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you're looking at him. >> c'mon! >> romney: take a look. [ laughter ] >> bill: you take a look! look at me! here i am! just take a look! you could hear people. they were laughing. they weren't applauding. oh yeah, you're the man. they were laughing at him. [ laughter ] >> romney: you take a look. >> so nervous. he knew what he said was total bs. it was just kind of like -- did he really just say that? >> romney: you take a look! >> bill: you want to see me dressage horse? >> romney: you take a look! >> want to see my offshore bank accounts? >> romney: you take a look. >> bill: want to see my 75 foot powerboat? >> romney: you take a look. >> bill: you want to see my car elevator? >> romney: you take a look. >> bill: you could go on and on. we ought to make a spot for the obama campaign. >> romne
i mean bill clinton was white but he was the first african-american president. >> absolutely. >> bill: mitt romney is white white, white white white. okay. no way relates. yet he says look me over! >> romney: if you want a president who will make things better in the african-american community, you're looking at him. >> c'mon! >> romney: take a look. [ laughter ] >> bill: you take a look! look at me! here i am! just take a look! you could hear people. they...
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i respect his success david: speaking of fans, bill clinton -- peter: you made me nauseous. i respect his situations. david: i respect bill clinton's taste in the television commercials now that we know one of his favorites is this one. >> when your cable is on the fritz, you get frustrated. when you get frustratedimitates. when your daughter imitates she gets thrown out of school. when she gets thrown out of school, she meets undesirables. when she meets undesirables, she ties the knot with undecipher abels and then you get a grandson with a dog clar. don't have a grandson with a dog clar. get rid of cable and upgrade to directv. call 1-800-directv. >> that was a hell of a commercial. by the way, that's the guy who does the voiceovers for cbs news 60 minutes. >> cool. >> dan henning, what have you got? dan: well first off, a tweet from jacki schechner. she has challenged you to a justin beiber dance-off. get your shoes and get ready. inspots, not even close in the nba finals game 5 last night, miami heat beating the oklahoma city thunder with un21 to 106 to win the champion
i respect his success david: speaking of fans, bill clinton -- peter: you made me nauseous. i respect his situations. david: i respect bill clinton's taste in the television commercials now that we know one of his favorites is this one. >> when your cable is on the fritz, you get frustrated. when you get frustratedimitates. when your daughter imitates she gets thrown out of school. when she gets thrown out of school, she meets undesirables. when she meets undesirables, she ties the knot...
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clinton tonight, from barack obama on thursday, but the values -- last night was value night. >> bill: it was, and one of our callers earlier made an excellent contrast that in tampa the message was we don't like barack obama, and he is not what we bargained for, and you might have voted for him, but he didn't deliver. the message last night was all the about people the american dream, values and how we can move this country forward and make sure that all americans are able to participate and have an opportunity to be part of that dream. it was very positive versus just -- in tampa, slam slam slam. >> one of the facts -- i'm sorry, i'm a school teacher -- [ laughter ] >> but one of the facts that struck me in the run-up to the convention is that when it comes to education, this is the first workout of bad economic situation in recession or depression where the -- where there's a disdance between the republican and democratic party. every other time they both inwoesed in education and infrastructure in order to make sure we can build back america. here the republicans in defiance of th
clinton tonight, from barack obama on thursday, but the values -- last night was value night. >> bill: it was, and one of our callers earlier made an excellent contrast that in tampa the message was we don't like barack obama, and he is not what we bargained for, and you might have voted for him, but he didn't deliver. the message last night was all the about people the american dream, values and how we can move this country forward and make sure that all americans are able to participate...
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so i think in both cases -- >> bill: bill clinton was up. >> i wasn't in the hall. here's what i do. you know this. we've talked about this before. you can't be in the hole and expect to see the same show that somebody else saw and you can't be in the filing center because you're being affected by grimaces and side comments so i sat in my hotel room for the one hour a night except for tuesday night. and watched it that way to make sure i was seeing what everybody at home was seeing. what i wrote about the clint eastwood thing, it was a little jarring. okay, a lot jarring. but i said i suspect this will play differently outside of the filing center here in tampa and it did. did it move the needle? i don't think so. again, it gave everybody something else to talk about that took the romney campaign out of its message which is at base what's happening day after day after day. they just can't get back on message. >> bill: rach gailen is a guest, republican strategist and the founder and editor in chief of mullings.com. excellent blog if you want to know -- i think some
so i think in both cases -- >> bill: bill clinton was up. >> i wasn't in the hall. here's what i do. you know this. we've talked about this before. you can't be in the hole and expect to see the same show that somebody else saw and you can't be in the filing center because you're being affected by grimaces and side comments so i sat in my hotel room for the one hour a night except for tuesday night. and watched it that way to make sure i was seeing what everybody at home was seeing....